Australians browsing the ASIC MoneySmart website for information on the government’s upcoming superannuation changes could be forgiven for thinking they had stumbled on their prime minister under an assumed name.

Dubbed “Martin” and bearing an uncanny resemblance to “Malcolm”, the mysterious figure has a lot of people scratching their heads. “Martin is 45 and earns $140,000 per year,” the ASIC website reads. “His wife Nicole works two days a week and earns $30,000 per year.

“Martin decides to contribute $10,000 to Nicole’s super after 1 July 2017 as he will be able to claim a tax offset of $540 (18 per cent of $10,000 up to a maximum of $540). This means his tax will be reduced by $540.”

That’s nice for him. It’s not clear whether Martin’s $140,000 salary is in addition to the $500,000 he earns for running the country. But according to an ASIC spokeswoman, Martin is “definitely not the PM”. She claims Martin’s photo, chosen by an online editor, is a stock image, and any resemblance is “purely by chance”.

“It was not intentional,” she said. “Do you have any questions about the super changes?”

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